Memorial Day Archives

“WE CAN NEVER FORGET”: Hoboken Memorial Day Parade Soldiers On, Preserving a 122-Year Salute to Those Who Gave All — PHOTO GALLERY

For 121 years, the City of Hoboken had held a Memorial Day Parade. That streak made it the longest-running parade in the entire State of…

HOBOKEN MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: Wednesday, May 22nd at 6:30 p.m. on Washington Street

May 20, 2019

The oldest continuous parade in the State of New Jersey, Hoboken’s 121st Annual Memorial Day Parade will take place this Wednesday, May 22, assembling at…

120th Annual Hoboken Memorial Day Parade – WEDNESDAY, MAY 23 @ 6:30 P.M. ON WASHINGTON STREET

May 18, 2018

Marching on as the oldest continuous parade in the State of New Jersey, Hoboken’s 120th Annual Memorial Day Parade will take place this Wednesday, May…

THE ‘BOKEN TO THE BURBS: A Cautionary Farewell

August 8, 2017

By Walter Sackett I write to you as one of the many faceless, nameless individuals you see this time of year. You know the type:…

FLEET WEEK / HOBOKEN MEMORIAL DAY PARADE 2017 — Events In & Around Hoboken for Memorial Day Weekend

May 22, 2017

It's Monday, and like the rest of you we're already looking ahead to this weekend... MEMORIAL DAY 2017. Yet before we all head Down the…

FRIDAYS ARE FOR FRANK: “America, The Beautiful”

May 27, 2016

Frank Sinatra was 4-F, on account of his perforated eardrum, and did not serve in the military during World War II. Over the years, critics…

“Heaven, Hell or Hoboken” — Parade of Ships Wednesday as Fleet Week 2016 Gets Underway

May 25, 2016

(Hoboken Historical Museum Photo) The USS Bataan will sail in the Parade of Ships—which officially kicks off Fleet Week 2016 New York. The vessels will…

118th Annual Hoboken Memorial Day Parade – WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 @ 6:30 P.M. ON WASHINGTON STREET

May 25, 2016

Sure, we like to gripe about Hoboken traffic woes here at hMAG, but this Wednesday we're happy to yield Washington Street for the sake of…

USAF Thunderbirds Take to the Skies Over Hoboken | PHOTO GALLERY

May 22, 2015

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What you just heard was the deep, earth-shattering roar of FREEDOM... The United States Air Force Thunderbirds just buzzed the skies over Hoboken, setting up…

“Heaven, Hell or Hoboken” — Parade of Ships Comes Home as Fleet Week Gets Underway

May 20, 2015

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(Hoboken Historical Museum Photo) Three U.S. Navy ships, four U.S. Naval Academy Yard Patrol boats, and two U.S. Coast Guard cutters will participate in the…